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Religion Dispatches

How Fitbit Helps a Conservative Evangelical College Monitor Students' Bodies For Christ

When fitness tracking industry leader Fitbit went public last summer it was valued at $4.1 billion. The company promises to “take your fitness to the next level” by tracking your heart rate, steps…
Jonathan Root
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Religion Dispatches

Silence of "Religious Liberty" Activists on Muslims' Cases Not What You Think

It’s the economics, stupid.
Elizabeth Platt
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Robert Futrell

Political Research Associates
Robert Futrell is an associate professor of sociology at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Michelle Goldberg

Political Research Associates
Michelle Goldberg, a contributing editor for Religion Dispatches, is the author of The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World (Penguin, 2009), and the New York Times bestseller…
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Religion Dispatches

What's a Progressive Christian to Do? Plant a Garden [A Response]

Jonathan Orbell asks what progressive Christians are to do in light of the rise of Trump and his flying fascist monkey squads. The answers that spring immediately to mind are: Research Canadian…
Daniel Schultz
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Religion Dispatches

Conservative Catholic Elites Oppose Trump... as He Rides Catholic Vote to Victory in Michigan

Much ink has already been spilled trying to parse Donald Trump’s appeal to evangelicals. Are the “Trumpvangelicals” more concerned with “immigration, Islamophobia, and guns” than abortion and gay…
Patricia Miller
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Religion Dispatches

Just Give ‘Em a Little Jesus: Black Marriage Meets White Paternalism

These days, a standard caveat from some religious black folk is that errant souls just “need Jesus” to straighten them out. From white Christian missionaries to inner-city street corner evangelists,…
Sikivu Hutchinson
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Religion Dispatches

How to Die in America: A Conversation with Ann Neumann

Nobody likes to talk about death. And when we do talk about it, we romanticize it, or veil it in mystery. “The way we talk about dying and the way we die are two very different things,” writes…
Ellie Faustino
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Religion Dispatches

How Mega-Macho-Pastor Mark Driscoll Helps Explain Trump's Evangelical Support

If pundits paid attention to evangelicals beyond their stances on moral values the popularity of Donald Trump among them might not be quite so inexplicable. Joining the chorus of voices from all over…
Jessica Johnson
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Religion Dispatches

Like Your Small Church? Don't Be So Selfish!

File under: “how not to attract newcomers to your church.”
Anita Little
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